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Show I i - A LOVE 80Na O moon! shine first on my Ups, and than Go anina on the forehead of him 1 lovef Ha will divam. that a angel's 1060 extent ijjmni pale in th y, Uk a pearl t over a brow that - ' blush - tbar la manv a lomward bird ir And th hedge a thrill with the ihruahea wirg Hue quivered his brow abovel lo-th- a ily It will thrill his heartstrings with ecstasy Aud posmss his soul with rest. my love be farther from me Than the Kot from the away West, or the day from the I have turned my flight, face to hi dwelling plaoe And I bid him Good night" "Good night Though he breath Than the tree the bird that lilt on Its bough. fet since thejalnd love's messengers be They will bear him my biases I trow1 1 i but her own discoveries are madeeo say I am sure It Isnt very pleasant to listen to it unless it is addressed to one's self. But, If the truth were told, most of us do like It, just as we like pie and cake, even though we "know Isnt good Tor us. But the majority of women are tocTsensible to allow It to take the place of the Jt d nt 9 trait. ful to be Interesting to either of us. begin to Symptoms of. the man-ag- e show t a very tender age In some. "How delightfully frank. You're sure you're not tdking of an attack of measles? Don't be impertinent. Im telling the truth. In others the symptoms show more slowly, so that It almost seems as if they would never appear at all, but the fatal age comes sooner or later. And you are sure there are no exceptions? , f Perfectly." "Thank you for that much encouragement, at least I dont understand. Never mind now; proceed, for Im - ,.,,., -i- ntensely Interested,.A girl just entering the man-ag- e period isii't so particular. She judges bfthegtrtsldg covers. If amaowrears-gooclothes, has a jaunty appearance, can talk bright small talk yes, she is susceptible to good looks, especially locks 'soft, soulful brown eyes, curly ail that 'Sort of thing. - He must dance divinely, of course, and her cup of happiness is filled to the very brim If he can quote tender lines of poetry. Should all these charms prove futile, a cane and a pair of patent leathers would certainly conquer. Oh, yes, it's rather foolish, but most of us, unless very strong minded, can look back to this sort of Beau Brum me hero. There Is one advantage of this age, however; It Is usually brief. -- You cant blame us much because, you know it Is only -- actual experience that teaches us to suspend Judgment of. the fruit until we have cut it to view the core. too. It seems f5 me this man-agis somewhat callow to be very inter-- 1 estlng. Let's go to the next Oh, not so fast, dear sir. The manWhy, In age is s long, long ago. some cases ills the only age (no maror home-agyou knofc), but - riage stages. there are Oh, I see evolution. Yes, something like that If not " ; evolution, at least variety me for Pardon asking questions, but can you tell me why so many apparently nice girl seem to favor the blase, reckless and ft times seemingly men of the world? en WelL I've-beexpecting, that you remember Eve? "Fairly well, although I could scarcely be classed as contemporary. 1 beg your pardon. You remember thir storyr I mean, of the temptation and fall all caused by curiosity. That old failing still clings to womankind the tenacity of a barnacle. The - life of man seems a sort of mystery to girl with little or no experience The bint of ofvice, the sugher friends, gestive remonstrances U make her the more determined to find out for herself, She certainly does not lilts him because of his Tices, many-differe- of Man. Many- - women e, e. sleep, and wake. good night! Amelia Reave. heart -- your very best thoughts. Oh, thanks. First, you know, women's likes and dislikes change so with age and experience. What period of life do yott want?.:i.Orih-agp,'sauce-agman-ag- e or home-age- ? and damWhy not add rum-ag- e age? Just because Im talking about women, and not men. Now, will you try to temper your sarcasm.?- - But town-tinu- e, the first two ages are too youth e, clone on hts lips in thy flight. gradually that she fails to realize her danger until her conquest Is oomp'ete, and we all know how hard It Is to wean ourselves fiom any one or anything of which we hare become fond even when we realize fully the fra.l- no and U OUhli.lElifcss "But often it is the bright, wideawake woman of the world who falls in love with this sort of man. I hardly know how much you mean to donvey by the term this sort of man.' but I suppose you mean the good fellow ig'nd. I'll tell you women hate sham In man. at least. The man who makes a great pretense of goodness and perfection must, naturally, slip occasionally, and so women turn to the men who do not pretend to all the virtues on the moral calendar, be- cause they think they are the more sincere-o- f the two A sort of Scylla and Charybdls, I admit. "Or In modern English, 'Between the devil and the deep, deep sea.' How about men Who compliment and Batter? You can give me -- lnt And he will stir In hl And w hlier "M j Kind 1 INTERESTING ' CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAt READERS. Successor of Huntington.. neoessary bread and meat The mors graceful a compliment Is, the more appreciated, and it would Improve most - American - men to- - give a little more study to this art, for it. Is art to convince a plain girl that she Is Just as attractive as her beautiful sister, or that the color of her eyei Is that poetical violet, monopolized by heroines of novels, though every one else Calls them' plain blue; or by a mere look or gesture convey the Idea to some commonplace, maid that she Is the most charming of her sex. It may be questionable art, as U Is declining, but It is art nevertheless. However the man who has not made a study of Chesterfield and his lass would best remain silent and listen attentively whfle his women friends tell him their conquests, plans and compliments, for women do appreciate a good listener when talking about themselves. animal strength the vigor necessary? Women like strength and health In men, of course, but they like the latent, subdued power best They like to know that a man has courage and force enough to thrash the rowdy If need be, but they would despise the same man did he crush or harm some one or something weaker than himself, no matter how lowly. Just because he had the necessary mental or physics? power. I suppose "And the home-age- ? that's the age when women are ready to mettle-dofor 14fe-a- nd want a ' home companion T Yes, a husband. In other words; so ..pow for tdeals. Where all rules so often fail. Well, I 'think be should be Independent, though not aggressively so; he must not be small or mercenary; cheerfulness is a laudable .trail;. trust and sympathy .are certain-- , ly essentials; unless he wishes his wife to dictate in his business affairs, he should allow her perfect freedom in household matters, but these suggestions are but general and somewhat vague, for how can I judge of heaven or hell, having experienced netther? "But, Nell, r am anxious to glvs you the experience." . Thanks, which one? wn What One Grain of Wheal Did, Did you ever stop to think or the possibilities of a grain of wheat? We are bo nsed To seeing the field sown with wheat and 'the crop come up and ripen that we quite forget how each""htl grain does a great work through the summer days in multiplying and adding to the fafmefs harvest.-- A farmer near Phoenix, Ariz , planted one grain of white Australian wheat, and at it- - had --snrung L260 grains of large, fat wheat He planted ten acres of this wheat and harvested 171 sacks, each weighing 138 pounds. The single grain spoken of produces 3( stalks, so ,ou see even a grain of cheat helps wonderfully. - A Cr4 ol Thftnkt A person bearing the same name as a mam who was charged at a police court in Ireland deemed it necessary to insert in tn local papers an announcement that he was not the John Sulll van recently fined for drunkenness. The following appeared shortly after- ward In all the paperi containing the announcements 1.-- John Sullivan, who was fined 10s for being drunk, beg to return thanks to John Sullivan, of Ballyklllin Lodge, for notifying that I am in no way connected with his fam'London Dally Graphic. ily. Oporoto ThU r.raiar. How in Depwrtmont of Hints m to its loro and Poultry. A tho-W.r- too,U fragrance But thou. O wind The kisses thou -- "give- betteFTdrasT" I yield, as usual. of And y as Become of earth and flow era, And voices of night in May Watch near him until In the eastern field Blossom the roses of day. Ye, ' "And you really want my opinion la this question. Fred" Ves, and Im all attention. And you promise not to use my views in your behalf? "I promise anything and everything, I am perfectly disinterested and -amwpfhinlnfnrmflkm only 40. benefit my fellow men. Really? Such unselfishness is ex ceptlonal In oneTcTyoung; but I suppose you have become Imbued with the statistical mania or thirst for vengeance since your experience with the census man." My armor of good nature Is ImYour keenest penetrable tonight. shafts fait. Gracious! What did you have for Well, then. 1 may as well supper? proceed with my dissertation but say, Fred, are you going to Interview any other girl on this question, too? Well, you don't care if I do, do you? Oh, no, of course not; still, if you were depending entirely on me, you know, I might try a little harder to DAIRY. AND POULTRY. c Affairs ye birds inTKI ears the aong Is einging within my breast; And sing ht-a- rhough IShe Is cl Man .1 Fow StlS of U Dtlrf trhmila of Ontario, three During the winter,! 1 Sit dairy schools, supported by the Ontario government, weie conducted in the province at Guelph. Strathroy and Kingston all of them being under the direction of Dr. James Mills, President of the Ontario Agricultural college. The courses of Instruction were largely the same In each case, although the Central sc hool at Guelph had the benefit of a series of lectures from members of the college staff, and also the advantage of practically judging and handling dairy cows aud studying dairy breeds. The courses pursued were practically as followsIn order to meet the growing demand for good butter makers to take charge of factories during the winter months and early spring, each dairy school was open from December to 12. A practical' and thorough training was given in the running of cream separators of different makes, the pasteurization of whole milk and cream, care and ripening of pasteurized and raw cream, use of the acid test for cream, running of box churns, the combined churn and worker and the Mason worker, the preparation of butter for local and export markets, and other of a practical character; also tn testing the milk with the Babcock tester and lactometer, In the use of the oil test flniru. In composite sampling, M. E. INGALLS, and in the making up of factory ac- old Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafay- counts, so that the students might New York Letter. ette road. This was in 1S72. He was have a thorough knowledge of how to Melville E. Ingalls, who is mentionwere only twenty-si- x succes-syears old, and that la run a creamery properly. There ed in Wall street as a probable no certificates no and examinations reason he went to to Collis P. Huntington at the head pr4hably jhe te administer-thToad tult-- of of the dead magnate's vast railroad In- confidence in There were two factory courses, one and his mission. himself terests, stands in the frontline of ca- He succeeded of three weeks and another of six disdainNot admirably. weeks duration. These courses propable railroad officials, and is to learn from the humblest eming Instrucman of affairs, beploye the smallest detail of the busi- vide theoretical and practical and the curing tion In cheese-makin- g sides being a really good lawyer and ness of which be found himself sudbutter-makin- g (both something of a scholar besides. Mr. denly the master, Mr. Ingalls soon was of cheese, and cream-gatherplans? Ingalls got into the railroad business a rising power in the empire of the by accident. He was born and bred In Iron laid track. With the larger de- and preparation of butter for market, tester Maine, educated at Harvard, graduated velopment of the west he became the milk testing with the Babcock churn, In law, settled down to practice In president of the Big Four and of the end lactometer, and cream gathBoston, and was a member of the Chesapeake and Ohio, end by careful which Is so much used In both creameries;, pasteurizing ering was Massachusetts legislature when he investment of his money he built op a whole milk and cream. They also In called upon to act as receiver for the big fortune. elude fermentation tests, the use of starters, dairy bacteriology, agriculture In relation to dairying, and factory " records and accounts, Discussions on practical dairy topics, led by one of the Instructors, was held four afternoons In each week. These , - treatment when they are attacked nflse they are- half grown. and hence fowls that might from their size be treated successfully with a feather do not require treatment of any sort It la the fry young chicks that suffer most, and the only remedial treatment la their case that seema to me to he successful (s rubbing the neck from time to time with lard or vaseline thoroughly mixed with a little turpentine (3 parts of the lard or vaseline to 1 part of turpenUne). Thla treatment should begin before the disease makee its appearance. It will not help a chick In the last stages of the disease. Pure turpentine will very quickly kill a chick when rubbed on the neck over the trachea, a fact which I have several times demonstrated on badly affected individuals. e Since my observations on the were made I have .ead a valuable article on gapes and gape worm, written by the French naturalist Megnln. He asserts that the use of pounded garlic with the usual food hht been mads to completely eradicate tbs disease among pheasants in Europe, He recommends the use of one garlic bulb to ten pheasants each day, and tbs same proportion won... In all probability be sufficient In ' .e caae of the common chicken. He supplements this treatment with special cars In the matter of drinking water, using only purs water and changing It several times a or separator ing- oil-te- st iitimi 111,1 Rarls Letter. Louise Marsy, the well and actress Parisian known owner of race horses, has severed her connection with the Comedie Fran-cais- e. Ill health Is given as the reason for her ictlon, but it Is thought that she desires to devote more of her attention tOTacingthan heritage duties Marie would allow. Mile. Marsy Is tie- richest, as well as the most admired actress in the French capital. - She tea eocletaire of the Comedie Francaise and Inherited a large part of the wealth of Max the unfortunate Little Sugar Bowl. MUe. Marsy was A great friend of LebaUdy, who, when he was only twenty-on- e years old. Inherited an immense sugar refining property. He spent blsmoney at Iterate of 20,000.? TOO francs' a year. Although hie. Mar' sy was accused of helping him to spepd it, sheereated the "Impression at the y, TastTharmwaah!vbosrfrtendr-- T pipe-fittin- - - Parisians swooped down on like vultures round a dying horse. They robbed hin on every conceivable ..pretext, They took .money from him to save him from serving in the army. Then he was forced to serve while be was 111 and he died. mart louise marsy. Mile. Marsy nursed him in his last Ill- of the two greatest racing events ol ness and then helped to convict some the year la France. She owns a very of his blackmailers. He left a large i fine racing stable. old ECLIPSES AND BABIES. Indla treatment consists of the of an emetic to dislodge the devil of the eclipse and confidence of faith and medictneOn themorn- lug of the eclipse the weather In at least on the north shore, was decidedly raw, and a large proportion of the exposed children took colds and died. Children who are not thus ex- pow5 the time of an eclipse are supposed, according to locaL superstition, to be hit by the eclipse in less manifest ways, and to be beyond these methoda of eure. All children who have never been exposed tiMhls treatment must be exposed to the eclipse or take the consequences. , of Toon i Poultry. Gap Prof. II. Garman, Entomologist and Botanist of the Kentucky Experiment - Station, ia bulkUa dla-bo- lo -- . of that station, disease occurs throughout the state, Hot uniform In its occurrence, being destructive on one farm, while farms adjoining are free from It. On the Experiment Farnat Lexington the disease rarely makes its appearance, while on a plaie Just across a ike the majority of the chicks hatched are some seasons destroyed by it, At my own place again, a mile away, the trouble Livery "annoy Ingr Ifappears that once it becomes established on land it maintains itself there and thus of Tenders it Ill suHed to chickens. The immediate cause of the trouble Is of course the presence of n the gape worm (Syngamus or. windpipe. traehealisFJmhhe-tracheThese worms o!"striH't the passage of air to and from the lungs and thus oc- caslon the characteristic gasping movements of the suffering rhicks. The symptoms and general impure of the Trouble are smwell known that further reference to them may be dispensed with. hut is Cu-b- a, -- 7fl says:- Young chickens are very much troubled in Kentucky with gapes. The proved Superstition That Former Hart Latter, Cuba and Porto Rico lay outside the line of totality in the last eclipse of the sun; in fact, the amount of observation was rather less than was ob served In New York, or, more correct-lyrthawould havi" been" obsen edTr the clouds had permitted. None the less, to the eclipse Is to be charged a large amount of Infant 111 health and mortality In those fttauds all mothers and nurses have a fear of the evil operations of an eclipse on tender They say that It is a fear that the children, will be hit by the eclipse, , Prlmltlv Ranking Methods. but, if anyone should suggest that ft In some American savings beaks Is the devil which does the hitting Uii statement will not be disputed by adult primitive methods obtain. For InCubans and Porto Ricans. The only stance, the passbooks are held -- dis remedy against the malign influence tributed after the interest has been en- Tom OBriens name la cal el that Is known Is to strip the babies as sobnasthe sell pee7b gl c s"Afi d cr" fmd ABy'pereonTman or womasrasr" in the open air nnattetded Claim the book from the usher. Fre- pose uitil the shadow has passed entirely Qtiently It happens that th owner Is off the sun. ' If the child gets a case at the other end of the room waiting of pneumonia or bronchitis as the re- - his turn, ihe ueber ssks no questions of Claimants n nlca a dispute arises. PxnQfrllTC Knurt to It is proof positive that it has bees Of course, the owner Is suppo-e- d "hit by the devil behind the sstrono - 4 look out for his book, but as he must s- take a seat, sometimes far removed mlcal phenomenon; If the baby capes It is due entirely to the purity from the Interest window, mistakes of its soul. When any child la "hit and Impositions easily happen. Two It Is taken first to the padre" for the persons of s,.slmllar name often gt expulsion of the devil, and then to the their books mixed, hut as a rule the "medico for the completion of the exchange Is effected without much treatment In an inch cams the P' trouble. West il were of much ralue to both students and instructors. Experts were brought to the schools from time to time to glvs lessons In the judging of cheese : and butter Instructions were also given Special part of the residue of hts fortune to on the care and running of boiler and her. Two yean ago her horse won engine by a competent Instructor. the Grand Steeplechase at Auteutl, one There was also practice in repairing valves, etc. While the fact Is recognized that the manufacture of cheese and butter must be confined largely to the or factory system In order to attain the highest success, it is Also a faet that a large quantity of butter and some cheese are made, and will continue to be made. In farm dairies. To enable the farmers to produce a finer quality of butter and qjieeae, and thereby receive a better price, a home dairy course was carried on in two ol the schools. A competent lady Instructor wqs secured in each case, and the methods followed, and the apparatus and utensils used were inexpensive, and such as have been found most suitable for use tn farm dairies.- StudeuU for this course were allowed to enter after January f and remain sny-tiae loug as they wiehed. , -- the-rsiBi- well-know- a die-eas- day. Pooltry Briefs. Without doubt food flavors eggs, hui the general market ha never found It out. With the market a fresh egg la a fresh egg and Its freshness Is Its only standard of relative value." Yet the egg from good wholesome food la far superior to the egg mads of all kinds nf swill. When the public will be aa awakes, to this fact-theimprovement In the quality of eggs, and not before that time. re The enthusiastic poultry man has It in hls power to produce a strata of in --almost any breed. -- rs Some of the breeds that have the best reputation for egg production,-suc- h as the Leghorns, Hamurgs and Ml- norcaa, have never been as popular with the great mass of farmers, as have th Plymouth Rocks, Wyandotte and Brahmas. In these latter breeds are now found strains of egg producers that are almost the equalh of eome of breeds the distinctively But this has been brought about only by experimentators, and- - with poultry the development of strains Is slow and rather difficult, owing to th fact that It la small business recording the work of each Individual hen for a year of two. ' s A practical poultry keeper says of the Toulouse geese that they need lit-- agers we? good living in the wheat stubble. Some object to them In the pastures in early spring, as they feed very close and poll up many of the stalks of grass by the roots. Thls cf course is detrimental to the pasture that cannot spare any talks of grass. There is a difference of opinion as to whether or not cattle will graze in pastures that have been fed over by geese. The opinion prevails to soma extent hut some poultry men assert there is nothing In It, as they bsve grazed geese tnd cattle together for a dozen of years. There are few farmers that keep enough geese to injure a pasture in this way even If the cattle do raise an objection, Toulouse geese win make nee of swampy and waste land that la of no value for anything else. K lork Batter-Makin- g. communication from the Geneva Experiment Station says: Butter making is again coming into great prominence as an, Industry in the Improved dairy sections of methods and increased cleanliness la -rlpening and of are the product churning making some of our creameries of high quality and great uniformity; but we still tall to reach the standard set by Denmark. Occasional butter faults will crop out even In high grade' butte? factories and ' the product of the state as a whole Is far from uniform. One reason for this difference between New York and Denmark lies la the faet that the Dane make great use of the pasteurizer in their butter making, New York very little use. This la perhaps due to the fact that early trials of the continuous pasteurizing machines In America were not favorable to their use. " Experiments made at Geneva In 1899, however, seem to Indicate that the fault did not lie In the machines, but in the low temperature used In manipulating them; for at Geneva, using temperatures of !76 degrees F, and"" 185 degrees F., the power of therinachtne was most excel-leThe numbers of bacteria presend were reduced from hundreds of thou--sanor even millions to two or three hundreds at . most, usually lo much smaller numbers. Butter made from milk heated momentarily to these high temperatures had very little cooked flavor; and If handled rightly, none at alL Further experiments In making butter from pasteurized milk are to .be made. A -- New-York- -- germ-destroyi- nt ds . Common Remedies. The commonly recommended practite of introducing the trach&a Afaxiiy strip ped-h.-. Silver-yeadottes are the- - produed W,1Pgras llp and by father- - or of a number of crosses, the most Imtwisting motion dislodging and removportant cross having been the Boll me Cochins with the Silver Spangled ing the worms does not seem to after considerable experience with the Hamburg. They were little known diseased fowl- - to be practicable for very young chicks. Tne trachea is so small and so easily Injured that it Is ito impossible to dislodge and remove all of the worms by such means. With the greatest care I have never been able to give affected chicks more than temporary relief in this way n has been my experience, however that Chicks generally jecgrerjwithout -- 1883 that the Silver Wyandotte officially rwoztUcii M ImiC m. V |